An Assembly such as This by Pamela Aidan
4 out of 10
A very good friend lent me 3 volumes and this was the first.
It is a great idea for a novel, based on Fitzwilliam Darcy's story, as it runs parallel to the events recounted in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
It is well-written, mimicking Austen's style.
But, ooooh, nooo, it can't be pulled off - for lots of reasons. No-one can replicate a writing style from the late 18th century in a way that is convincing enough, and no-one can replicate the finesse and subtlety of Austen's writing.
I found that I didn't want to know what Darcy was thinking - he was obsessing about Elizabeth Bennet all the time from the beginning according to this book, but that's not how I imagined it.
I suddenly realise how much I appreciate the bits in a novel that aren't told by the author. Now there is something to make me think.
I gave it to 50 pages, then stopped.
Sorry.
4 out of 10
A very good friend lent me 3 volumes and this was the first.
It is a great idea for a novel, based on Fitzwilliam Darcy's story, as it runs parallel to the events recounted in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
It is well-written, mimicking Austen's style.
But, ooooh, nooo, it can't be pulled off - for lots of reasons. No-one can replicate a writing style from the late 18th century in a way that is convincing enough, and no-one can replicate the finesse and subtlety of Austen's writing.
I found that I didn't want to know what Darcy was thinking - he was obsessing about Elizabeth Bennet all the time from the beginning according to this book, but that's not how I imagined it.
I suddenly realise how much I appreciate the bits in a novel that aren't told by the author. Now there is something to make me think.
I gave it to 50 pages, then stopped.
Sorry.
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